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LOT 0793
Byzantine Gold in Glass Roundel with Cross
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 5/8 in. (22.7 grams, 41 mm wide).
A glass roundel with rounded lower edge and dished centre, containing a gold leaf cross at centre surrounded by a stylised wreath.
Provenance
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
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